Martha's Devil's Food Cake

Directions

Melt chocolate over boiling water; add 1 cup sugar and ½ cup butterrmilk and stir over boiling water until sugar is dissolved.

Cool. Sift flour once, measure.

Add baking powder, soda, and salt and sift together three times.

Cream butter thoroughly; add ¾ cup sugar gradually; and cream together until light and fluffy.

Add eggs and beat well. Add about ¼ of flour mixture, mix thoroughly; add chocolate mixture and blend.

Add remaining flour, altenately with buttermilk, a small Amount at a time; beat very thoroughly after each addition.

Add vanilla.

Bake in greased 15×9×2- inch pan, in a moderate oven ( 35O degrees F. ) 30 minutes, or until cake is done. When cold, trim edges, cut in half crosswise, and put together as a two-layer cake, matching edges carefully.

Spread tops and sides with Martha’s Fudge Frosting (See recipe).

Or add chopped nut meats to part of frosting and use as filling.